Personification does not compare two items in the same way as similes and metaphors compare. Rather, when writers use personification, they give objects (or even ideas) human qualities. These human qualities add a new dimension to the things, a dimension that ordinary description cannot add. "The field of dandelions danced in the breeze," is an example of a sentence which contains personification. Notice that the field of dandelions is the thing being described and that danced is the human quality given to the field. We do not normally associate dandelions with dancing, but we can imagine how dandelions would look "dancing" in the breeze.
Authors use personification to make fiction seem more real and make their writing more livelier.
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Metaphors:Eg:fish are cats fitting for food
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Topic: Identifying Similes
Directions: Complete the simile by filling in the blank.
1. The car was as dirty as a mud.
2. The candy was like the sky on a windy day.
3. His hands were as big as an elephant.
4. My little brother sounds like a whistle .
5. My room is as messy as pig sty.
6. School is like sun burn on a hot day.
7. The chair was as hard as a lair of concrete.
8. Her hair looked likea concert on a windy day.
9. The monster’s breath was as bad as burnt eggs.
10. The water was as cold as the snow on a freezing day.
11. My lunch tasted like heaven.
12. The rabbit was as soft as my couch. Metaphors
Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by
comparing that thing to something else. For example, if I
wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say that Dan is a giant.
Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is:
tall a tall plank of wood
kind a happy joyful person
fast like a tiger
slow as a snail
smart like flynn
fat as an elephant
sneaky like a fox
angry as an devil
beautiful as a flower
ugly as a witch
stubborn as a piece of wood
short as a standing mouse
thin as a piece of hair
silly as a clown
scared easily like a mouse
He is a giant. like a bean stalk
She is an angle in heaven
Personification does not compare two items in the same way as similes and metaphors compare. Rather, when writers use personification, they give objects (or even ideas) human qualities. These human qualities add a new dimension to the things, a dimension that ordinary description cannot add. "The field of dandelions danced in the breeze," is an example of a sentence which contains personification. Notice that the field of dandelions is the thing being described and that danced is the human quality given to the field. We do not normally associate dandelions with dancing, but we can imagine how dandelions would look "dancing" in the breeze.
Authors use personification to make fiction seem more real and make their writing more livelier.
Copy this table into yo
This is our prior knowledge of similes displayed as a wordle document
Comparing to things that aren't alike by using like or as.
This is our prior knowledge of metaphors displayed as a wordle document
Metaphors:Eg:fish are cats fitting for food
Topic: Identifying Similes
Directions: Complete the simile by filling in the blank.
1. The car was as dirty as a mud.
2. The candy was like the sky on a windy day.
3. His hands were as big as an elephant.
4. My little brother sounds like a whistle .
5. My room is as messy as pig sty .
6. School is like sun burn on a hot day.
7. The chair was as hard as a lair of concrete.
8. Her hair looked like a concert on a windy day.
9. The monster’s breath was as bad as burnt eggs.
10. The water was as cold as the snow on a freezing day.
11. My lunch tasted like heaven.
12. The rabbit was as soft as my couch.
Metaphors
Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by
comparing that thing to something else. For example, if I
wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say that Dan is a giant.
Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is:
tall a tall plank of wood
kind a happy joyful person
fast like a tiger
slow as a snail
smart like flynn
fat as an elephant
sneaky like a fox
angry as an devil
beautiful as a flower
ugly as a witch
stubborn as a piece of wood
short as a standing mouse
thin as a piece of hair
silly as a clown
scared easily like a mouse
He is a giant. like a bean stalk
She is an angle in heaven